Originally Posted by
Gashepherd
After posting, I looked at some Super Lemans and Super Elite bikes online this bike looks like it could go either way, can you tell me what the difference is between the super Lemans and the super Elite? (I actually found a super Elite that showed the same handlebars) I don't currently have access to the bike as I'm still trying to decide if I can pull it off, and it's 2 hours away seller is going to send photo of champion tubing sticker
If that's a picture of the actual tubing decal, then it should be one of the early Super Elite. The Super LeMans was two steps down and around this era migrated from a main triangle of butted hi-tensile steel to plain gauge CrMo. The early Elites typically used the same frame as the Super LeMans but the Super Elite was upgraded with double butted CrMo. If you acquire the bicycle, I'd appreciate component date codes to try and determine the exact year.